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Barbara Kruger Brings Her Text-Based Practice to Modernica Furniture in MOCA Benefit Editions

market-auction · 2026-10-19

So, there's this exclusive collection featuring 150 side chairs and 250 tables that merges Barbara Kruger’s unique style with Modernica's fiberglass line. All the profits from these pieces will support the Museum of Contemporary Art. Made in Modernica's Los Angeles workshop, the Case Study® Fiberglass Barbara Kruger Side Chair, titled Love It – Shove It, and the Aiko Table, named Want It – Need It, are crafted using traditional techniques since 1989. Each piece is handmade from layers of fiberglass and colored resin, giving them some distinctive characteristics. Kruger, famous for her commentary on visual culture, views this project as a way to explore how language affects our daily experiences. The table is priced at $400, representing California modernism.

Fatti principali

  • Modernica and Barbara Kruger collaborated on two limited-edition furniture works
  • The editions comprise 150 side chairs and 250 tables
  • The chair is titled Love It – Shove It; the table is titled Want It – Need It
  • Proceeds benefit exhibitions and public programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
  • Modernica has hand-produced fiberglass furniture in Los Angeles since 1989
  • Each piece is made by hand from fiberglass layers and pigmented resin, producing unique variations
  • Kruger called the collaboration a natural extension of her practice
  • The table is priced at 400 dollars

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  • Los Angeles
  • United States
  • California

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